In Cambodia's 'Waiting Village', tattooist mourns trade lost to war

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In Cambodia's 'Waiting Village', tattooist mourns trade lost to war

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Rong Cham in Cambodia remains a 'Waiting Village' for over 3,000 households displaced by border conflict between Cambodia and Thailand. Nine months after the ceasefire, families continue to wait for the opportunity to return to their homes.

RONG CHAM, Cambodia, Sept 23 - More than 3,000 houses stand in neat rows across Rong Cham, a 400-hectare (990-acre) resettlement site dubbed by residents \"the Waiting Village\", where families who fled fighting along the Cambodia-Thailand border still wait to return home nine months after the ceasefire.

World Conflict Cambodia Rong Cham border conflict Thailand resettlement ceasefire

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